NutritionFacts.org Video Podcast

Fennel seeds can work as effectively as drugs like ibuprofen for painful periods, and an eighth of a teaspoon of ginger powder three times a day can cut menstrual bleeding in half.

Is triclosan in Colgate Total toothpaste safe in regards to the nitrate-reducing bacteria on our tongue and potential endocrine-disrupting effects on thyroid function and obesity?

The concept that heart disease was rare among the Eskimos appears to be a myth.

Rather than reformulate their products with less sodium and save lives, food manufacturers have lobbied governments, refused to cooperate, encouraged misinformation campaigns, and tried to discredit the evidence.

Fatty streak formation occurs in human fetal arteries and is linked to the pregnant mother’s cholesterol level.

A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial on the use of the turmeric pigment curcumin to prevent diabetes in prediabetics is published with extraordinary results.

Diet may explain the Nigerian Paradox, where they have among the highest rates of the Alzheimer’s susceptibility gene, ApoE4, but among the lowest rates of Alzheimer’s disease.

What can we conclude about the role of IV vitamin C after 33 years of trials involving at least 1,600 patients?

If studies from the 70’s showed cancer patients treated with vitamin C lived four times longer and sometimes 20 times longer, why isn’t it standard practice today?

Studies in the 70’s appeared to show an extraordinary survival gain in terminal cancer patients with vitamin C, a simple, relatively nontoxic therapy.

Energy density explains how a study can show participants lose an average of 17 pounds within 21 days while eating a greater quantity of food.

Is it true that there are foods like celery that take more calories to digest than they provide?

At what level of tea consumption might the benefits of tea start to be countered by the risks of lead contamination for green, white, black, and oolong tea for children, pregnant women, and adults in general?

The tobacco industry has focused more recently on divide-and-conquer strategies to create schisms within the tobacco control movement. The healthy food movement can learn from this by not allowing minor disagreements to distract us from the bigger picture.

Research on the red wine component, resveratrol, looked promising in rodent studies, but what happened when it was put to the test in people?